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Why the NDIS could drag Australia into a UK-style economic rut

After the productivity roundtable, policymakers should have the guts to introduce price signals and market discipline into the fastest-growing...

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Alexander Sanchez

AI data centres could be Australia’s next sovereignty test

While Australia should be cautious about the challenges the data centre boom poses, we are well positioned to become a trusted AI-ready data hub in...

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The Afr View

Australia toys with its own ‘Why Nations Fail’ moment on energy

It’s dangerous when institutions are captured by their own storyline. Faith in renewables has become an identity, and that’s a lot harder to tweak...

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Cristina Talacko

Why voters should care about Nigel Farage’s schoolyard racism scandal

Opinions and behaviours ascribed to the Reform UK leader and potential PM when he was a schoolboy are so extreme they deserve attention.

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Rosa Prince

Treasurer places his bet on how to lift momentum

Jim Chalmers is confident that private sector investment will balance out all that government spending, but Michele Bullock sounds less sure...

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Jennifer Hewett

There are still cheap, quality stocks out there. Here’s where to look

There is a once-in-a-generation opportunity in global markets that could deliver strong returns regardless of how AI mania plays out.

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Ruchir Sharma

If Liberals need fictional voters to feel your pain, something is off

While the shadow treasurer was lost in his own world of absurdist make-believe people at the Press Club, his counterpart faces some real economic...

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Lidija Ivanovski

There is no evidence NDIS therapies help kids thrive

Australia is pumping infinite money into supply-constrained markets such as disability and childcare, while the government also mandates and helps...

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John Kehoe

Sorry Climate 200, but our net zero plan looks like a bungled surgery

Every major smelter or refinery in the country is now either subsidised, curtailed or under review, putting over 73,000 jobs at risk.

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Gerard Holland

Toronto has the best and worst of Sydney. Here’s why

A metropolis with great Asian food and a housing affordability crisis: it sounds familiar, but the apartment fix for Canada’s largest city serves as...

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Jessica Gardner

Canberra must end plum jobs for overpaid political hacks

The problem with jobs for the boys and girls is that it prioritises political pedigree and loyalty over candidates with talent, skill and diverse...

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The Afr View

The Liberal Party’s new girlboss era is changing everything

There is more to female representation than the leadership, but it makes it harder for the left to argue that the Liberal Party is a misogynistic...

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Pru Goward

What the Airbus A320 meltdown really means for your future holidays

The more technologically advanced, interconnected and digitally dependent aviation is, the more fragile it becomes.

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Peter Harbison

Canberra’s spending blowout makes public services cuts unavoidable

Even a brutal round of spending cuts to the Australian Public Service and programs is no substitute for improving productivity.

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Gary Sturgess

Why the central bank should raise the cash rate next week

It’s risky to treat this surge of inflation as a blip. The RBA needs to begin tightening now to avoid a much greater squeeze later.

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Warren Hogan

APRA’s risky lending crackdown is not the right remedy

The regulator knows it will be blamed if the housing market overheats or there is a crash. But its pre-emptive restrictions are not well targeted.

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Jonathan Kearns

Merger law overhaul risks killing company rescues

The extra costs and time it will take to get ACCC clearance or waiver will make it harder to save struggling companies, particularly active trading...

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